The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6-8 March 1987.
The winning margin was 0.11 seconds, a record which stood until 2024 when Grant Holloway of the United States increased it to 0.14 seconds when he beat Lorenzo Simonelli of Italy.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Tonie Campbell | Stéphane Caristan | Nigel Walker |
The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 7.46 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 1 | 7.56 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 7.63 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 7.64 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 7.66 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 7.67 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 7.73 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 7.75 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 7.77 | Q | |||
| 10 | 1 | 7.84 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 7.84 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 7.90 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 7.92 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 8.05 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 8.13 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 8.38 | NR | |||
| 17 | 2 | 9.01 | NR | |||
| 18 | 2 | NR | ||||
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| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7.51 | PB | ||||
| 7 | 7.62 | |||||
| 8 | 7.66 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 7.68 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 7.68 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 7.89 | ||||
| 4 | ||||||
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